You missed Samus Aran.
Under the argument that women aren’t very good at combat and so should not be allowed in combat positions, I suppose because of their upper body strength) are we going to remove men from positions in the service which women have an advantage? I’m thinking mostly of fighter pilot and astronaut, where women hold key advantages such as handling heay G forces better and recovering from black outs out quicker. Also, under this argument, all radio operators should be women because of their superior ability to pick out voices from static, and their voices, being higher, are better able to be understood in noisy environments. They have implemented female voices in the automatic voice alerts within fighter jets due to this.
Really ? I thought the theory behind Bitchin’ Betty was that men would be more likely to have positive reactions to a female voice and/or to help pilots make the distinction between radio chatter, co-pilot talk and voice alerts, and prioritize accordingly.
I was a voice interceptor, foreign language. I can tell you I was better at it than the average woman, or man. That’s what it should really be about: who’s good at a particular job.
That is not my understanding. I will try to find the article, but it is my recollection that they tested for what could be distinguished against the noise, not that it would be different than co-pilots.
In someways, this is not new. I have heard that several famous generals had higher than usual voices, and first got ahead due to that advantage.
And for the record, I think jobs should go to the individual best able to do them, and in selecting who trains for a position, we should not rule out people just because people like them have always been ruled out. We need to look at actual ability and potential of the individual, and this includes looking at the aspirations of the individual.
The only good argument that I have heard for excluding women from the draft for combat was that women already serve their nation by bearing the risks for bearing the next generation and so they have done their duty and using up their lives in combat risks our capability to have a next generation. This does not give a good excuse for excluding the small portion (overall) of women who have volunteerd from combat from participating, nor does it excuse excluding women from the draft for non-combat positions.